||hara and Tto

||hara and Tto

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

<i>The Bushmen anoint their heads with //hára (which is black and sparkling), mixed with fat, and rub their bodies with ttò. (L VIII.-14. 7272 rev.,-7276 rev., note). Ttò or 'Roode Klip' is dug out from the mountain side. Precautions to be taken against sorcerers upon these occasions. (L VIII.-14. 7275 and 7276, 7279 and 7380). </i>

1) This story is found in Book VIII-14

story

August 1878

Custom and daily life

stone ( called tto, or rooi klip )

stone ( called ||hara )

stone ( used for 'anointing' or painting the body )

painting ( the head with ||hara )

painting ( with tto )

painting ( ` )

painting ( anointing )

painting ( of the body )

painting ( preparation of substances used for )

painting ( the stones used for )

||hara ( and tto )

||hara ( mixed with fat )

||hara ( makes the head resemble the !khi tree )

||hara ( the bag used for )

||hara ( the preparation and mixing of )

||hara ( stone )

||hara ( its colour )

||hara ( makes people 'handsome' or 'beautiful' )

||hara ( painting the head with )

||hara ( a description of )

tto ( the bag used for )

tto ( a description of )

tto ( rooi klip )

tto ( painting with )

tto ( is rubbed into the body )

tto ( the preparation of )

adornment ( with ||hara and tto )

bag ( used for ||hara and tto )

tree ( !khi )

tree ( ||hara makes the head resemble )

names ( of stones used for anointing the body )

names ( tto, or rooi klip )

names ( ||hara )

body ( anointing or painting with ||hara and tto )

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